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LG Electronics MFL67011201(1.0)G, Vortex Checking the news and weather

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Checking the news and weather

The News and Weather application offers weather forecasts and

news stories about common topics.

You can also customize the news topics that are displayed.

The News and Weather widget that you can place on your Home

screen provides quick, summarized information. Open the News

and Weather application to view the complete information in

greater detail.

To open News and Weather

©Touch the news headline or weather icon on the News and

Weather widget on your Home screen, or touch its icon in

the Launch screen.

You can add multiple News and Weather widgets to your

home screen, eachconfigured to showjust news, just

weather,or both.

When you open News and Weather, you view a summary of the

weather or headlines.

Touchatime on the weather graph for a detailed, hour-by-

hour forecast.

Web

Touchto scroll the categoryof news

you’re interested in.

Contents

Main Page ELECTRICAL SAFETY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR PROPER GROUNDING INSTALLATION SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR POWER SUPPLY UNIT Page SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT PREVENTION OF HEARING LOSS SAFETY IN AIRCRAFT ENVIRONMENT RESTRICTIONS EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES SAFETYPRECAUTIONS FOR RF EXPOSURE INTERFERENCE WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FUNCTIONS HEARING AIDS NON-IONIZING RADIATION HAC Warning Connecting to Networks and Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 microSD Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Placing and Receiving Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Page Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260 Safety .........................................279 LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325 Page Important Information FCC RF Exposure Information Page Page Phone Overview Front View Rear View Left Side Right Side Installing the Battery and microSD Card Installing the battery Removing the battery Inserting a microSD card To remove the microSD card Tounmountthe microSD card Charging the Phone Battery temperature protection Battery charge level Charging with USB Using the phone without battery Optimizing Battery Life Tips to extend the life of your battery To check the battery charge level To monitor and control what uses the battery Turning the Phone On and Off Turning the phone on Turning the phone off Tounlock the phone To turn the phone sounds off SETTING UP YOUR DEVICE Setting up your Google Account Your Google Account Additional accounts Phones Status Icons Status icons Notification icons The following icons indicate that you've received a notification. Getting to Know the Home Screen To return to the Home screen To view other Home screen panes Touchscreen Page Text Input Methods Using the Swype Keyboard Swype Tips Swype Settings To configure Swype settings Preferences settings Swype Advanced Settings Help About Using the Android keyboard To enter text To enter numbers, symbols, and other characters To change the keyboard orientation Entering text by speaking To enter text by speaking Editing text To edit text To select text To cut or copy text To paste text Applications: How to View, Open and Switch Overview Opening and Closing the Launch screen Opening the Launch screen Closing the Launch screen Customizing the Launch screen Moving application positions Opening and Switching Applications Opening an application Opening multiple applications Switching between multiple applications Adding application icons to the Home screen Working with Menus Options menus Context menus Managing Notifications To open the Notifications panel To respond to a notification To clear all notifications To close the notifications panel Searching Your Phone and the Web Phone and Web search using text entry Page Locking the Screen Setting a Lock Pattern for the First Time Changing Your Lock Pattern Using a PIN or Password to Lock the Screen Customizing the Home Screen To add an item to the Home screen To move an item on the Home screen To remove an item from the Home screen Tochange the Home screen wallpaper To rename a folder Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts Connecting to Mobile Networks To disable data when roaming To limit your data connection to 2G networks Connecting toWi-Fi Networks To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network To receive notifications when open networks are in range Toadd a Wi-Fi network To forget a Wi-Fi network ActiveSync With ActiveSync, you can: Windows Media Sync Page USB Autorun To select USB mode for Autorun Modem Mode with Autorun Autorun is not available when: To set Autorun on your PC operating system: Tochange the setting while Autorun is running : Using the Status bar to change the settings Step 2. Downloading LG USB Modem Driver. NOTES Step 3. Installing LG USB Modem Driver. Step 4:Downloading or Running V Cast Media Manager Enable DUN Before you proceed Sharing your phones mobile data connection Make Your Device a 3G Mobile Hotspot Page Page Your portable hotspot is now created. Connecting to Bluetooth Devices To turn Bluetooth on or off To change your phones Bluetooth name To pair your phone with a Bluetooth device To connect to a Bluetooth device Toconfigurethe Bluetooth features you want to use To disconnect from a Bluetooth device To unpair a Bluetooth device Connecting toVirtual Private Networks To add a VPN To connect to a VPN To disconnect from a VPN Working With Secure Certificates To install a secure certificate from the microSD card microSD Card Your Device's microSD Card and Adapter The microSD Card microSD Adapter microSD Card Settings Viewing Memory in the microSD Card Formatting the microSD Card Connecting Your Device to Your Computer Important Connection Information Placing and Ending Calls To open the Phone application To place a call by dialing Airplane mode Answering or Rejecting Calls To answer a call To decline a call and divert it to voicemail Working with the Call Log Toopen the Call log To dial a number in the Call log To add an entrys number to your Contacts To take other actions on a Call log entry To clear the Call log Calling Your Contacts To call a contact To call a favorite contact Voice Dialer Toplace a call by speaking Options During a Call To mute the microphone during a call To turn the speakerphone on or off To switch between a Bluetooth headset and the phone Managing Multiple Calls To switch between current calls To set up a conference call Listening to Your Voicemail To listen to your Voicemail To set up your Voicemail To access your voice mail from your wireless device Search Bing Search Setting Web and Quick Search Box Options Searching the Web and Your Phone Using the Quick Search Box Browser Internet Browse web pages Page Bookmark your favorite web pages Bing Maps Searching For Locations and Places To search for a location Getting Directions To get directions VZNavigator Navigating with Spoken, Turn-by-Turn Directions To navigate with turn-by-turn directions To view turn-by-turn directions in a list To preview your route To view traffic conditions on your route Togetan alternate route to your destination Checking the news and weather To open News and Weather Changing News and Weather Settings Weather settings News settings Refresh settings RSS Reader Using RSS Reader City ID To purchase City ID if you said no during the trial? Slacker To access the Slacker application: Skype mobile To use the Skype mobile: Backup Assistant How to Access and Register Backup Assistant Using Backup Assistant Manually backing up your contacts Changing the backup schedule Change your PIN code Kindle Shop for books in the Kindle Store New Features on the Kindle for VortexTM application To open the Kindle application Video VCAST Video on Demand Browse video clips Download video clips* Music and Tones Verizon Wireless Media Store Ringtones Ringback Tones VCAST Media Manager Page Play songs Sync your music from your PC to your phone Play songs with your wireless device. Mobile IM Contacts Using Your Contacts To open your Contacts application Contact Multiselect To Use the Multiselect Feature To open a list of your favorite contacts To view details about a contact Adding Contacts To add a new contact Importing, Exporting, and Sharing Contacts To import contacts from your microSD card To export contacts to your microSD card Toshareacontact Adding a Contact to Your Favorites To add a contact to your favorites list Toremoveacontact from your favorites list Searching for a Contact To search for a contact Editing Contact Details Toedit contact details To change a contacts default phone number To divert calls from a contact to your voicemail Tosetaringtone for a contact To delete a contact Communicating with Your Contacts To connect by using Quick Contact for Android Tocommunicatewith a contact To call a contacts default number Tosend a text or multimedia message to a contacts default number Selecting Which Contacts are Displayed Tosetwhether contacts without phone numbers are displayed To change which groups are displayed Joining Contacts To join contacts Separating Contact Information To separate contact information Adding and Removing Accounts To add an account Toremove an account Configuring Account Sync and Display Options Toconfiguregeneral sync settings Page To sync information manually To change an accounts sync settings Email Opening Email and the Accounts Screen To open the Email application The Accounts screen Toopen your Combined Inbox Reading Your Messages To read a message Responding to a Message To reply to or forward a message Tomark a message as unread To delete a message Starring Messages To star a message To unstar a message To view your starred messages Composing and Sending Email To compose and send a message Working with Account Folders Toview an accounts folders Adding and Editing Email Accounts Toadd an email account Page To delete an email account To change an accounts settings Changing Email Account Settings Email account settings Page Incoming server settings Page Outgoing server settings Facebook Facebook for LG Application With the Facebook application you can: Using the Facebook application Adding a Facebook widget My Status Home screen Share a status message Searching for Facebook users to add to your friends Sending a facebook message Setting Facebook options Visual Voice Mail To use Visual Voice Mail Gmail Gmail is Different Opening Gmail and Your Inbox To open the Gmail application Toopen your Inboxwhen Gmail is running To switch accounts Reading Your Messages To read a message To reread a message Composing and Sending a Message To compose and send a message Replying to or Forwarding a Message To reply to or forward a message Working with Conversations in Batches Labeling a Conversation To label a conversation To label a batch of conversations at once To change a conversations labels Starring a Message To star a message To unstar a message Viewing Conversations by Label Reporting Spam To report a conversation as spam Searching for Messages Archiving Conversations To Archive a conversation: Synchronizing Your Messages To select which conversations to synchronize To set how many days of conversations to synchronize Appending a Signature to Your Messages Changing Gmail Settings General Settings Notification settings Messaging Opening Messaging To open Messaging Todeleteamessage thread from the Messaging window Exchanging Messages To send a text message To create and send a multimedia message To respond to messages you receive Toview details about a message Changing Messaging Settings Storage settings Text message (SMS) settings Multimedia message (MMS) settings Notification settings How to select the type of keyboard you want Talk Signing in and Opening your Friends List To open Google Talk and sign in Toreturn to your friends list To sign out of Google Talk Chatting with Friends To chat with a friend To accept an invitation to chat Toswitch between active chats To invite a friend to join a group chat Tochaton or off the record To end a chat Changing and Monitoring Online Status To change your online status Status Icons To change your status message To change your picture Managing Your Friends List To add a friend to your Friends list To view and accept an invitation to become a friend To view a list of pending invitations to friends To view all friends or only those most popular with you To add a friend to the 'Most popular' group Changing Google Talk Settings To configure notifications for new Google Talk messages To show or hide the mobile indicator to friends To set whether you sign into Google Talk automatically To set Google Talk to change your status Twitter Twitter for LG application Sending a tweet Searching for Twitter users to follow Sending a direct message Setting Twitter for LG options The Phone application Phone Call log Contacts Favorites Voice Dialer Call a Contact by Voice Dialling Open an Application Voice Search 199 Camera TIP! NOTE Press the Home Key , then touch the Key >Camera . Using the focus mode Taking a quick photo Once youve taken the photo Using the advanced settings Page Viewing your saved photos Video Camera Getting to know the viewfinder Shooting a quick video After shooting a video Using the advanced settings Watching your saved videos Your Photos and Videos Adjusting the volume when viewing a video Setting a photo as wallpaper Gallery Opening Gallery and Viewing Your Albums To open Gallery and view your albums Working with Albums Toopen an album and view its contents To change how the contents of an album are displayed Pinch peek To Work with Batches of Pictures or Videos To share an album To get details about an album To delete an album Working with Pictures To view and browse pictures To watch a slideshow of your pictures To rotate a picture To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper To crop a picture To get details about a picture To share a picture Todelete a picture Working with Videos To play videos To share a video Todelete a video Market Opening Android Market and Finding Applications To open Android Market application To get help with Android Market To browse for applications To open a screen with details about an application To search for applications Toreturn to Android Market home screen Downloading and Installing Applications To download and install an application Page To create a Google Checkout account Managing Your Downloads To view your downloaded applications To uninstall an application To request a refund for an application To set whether youre notified about updated applications To rate an application To flag inappropriate applications Music Transferring Music Files to Your Phone To copy music files onto the phone's microSD card Opening Music and Working with Your Library To open Music and view your music library To search for music in your library To delete a song from the microSD card Playing Music To play music To control playback Tocontrol playback volume To play your tracks in a party shuffle To use a song as a ringtone Working with Playlists Tocreate a playlist To add a song to a playlist Toremove a song from a playlist To rename or delete a playlist To sync from your phone Toshop from your phone Video Player Playback controls Video player list options YouT ube Opening YouTube and Watching Videos To open the YouTube application To watch and interact with YouTube videos To search for videos To share your videos on YouTube Voice Recorder Record a Voice Memo Play a Voice Memo Managing your Voice Memos Voice Recorder Context Menu Scrabble To access Scrabble Tetris GAME FEATURES: Toaccess Tetris Calendar Viewing Your Calendar and Events To open the Calendar application To change your calendar view Working in Agenda View Working in Day View To switch to Day view To learn more about events in Day view To add an event in Day view Working in Week View To switch to Week view To learn more about events in Week view To add an event in Week view Working in Month View Viewing Event Details To view information about an event Creating an Event To create an event Editing or deleting an event To edit an event Todelete an event Setting an Event Reminder To set an event reminder To delete an event reminder Responding to an Event Reminder To respond to an event reminder Synchronizing and Displaying Calendars To set whether calendars are stored on the phone or visible Changing Calendar Settings Calculator To open and use the Calculator Clock Viewing the Date, Time, and Other Information To open the Clock application Toplayaslideshow To play music Setting Alarms To set an alarm Changing Clock Alarm Settings ThinkFree Office Create a New Document View and edit a document on your device ThinkFree document tools Manage documents online Settings Opening Settings To open Settings Changing Browser settings Page content settings Page Wireless & networks Page Page Call settings Sound Page Display Location & security Page Applications Page Accounts & sync Privacy SD card&phone storage Search Language & keyboard Page Voice input & output Connectivity Accessibility Date & time About phone TIA Safety Information Page Page Page Safety Information Caution Page Page Page Caution: Avoid potential hearing loss. Page FDA Consumer Update Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 10 Driver Safety Tips Page Consumer Information on SAR Page Page FCC Hearing-Aid Compatibility (HAC) Regulations for Wireless Devices http://www.accesswireless.org/hearingaid/ http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/hac_wireless.html FCC Hearing Aid Compatibility and Volume Control Page Specifications Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Phone Function Page Contacts How can I add contacts if I dont have a microSD card inserted nor Google account? Can I import contacts to my VortexTM? Iadded contacts to the Contacts list, but theyre not displayed. Why? How can I separate the grouped contacts? How can I sync contacts? How can I check that my data is synchronizing? Email Information Other Email-Related Issues Why do my Exchange emails only go back a few days? Why do I get a Connection Error message with my Hotmail account? Supported Email Features Page Page Page Page Page Page 123 A B C E R S T